NEW DELHI: At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured in a road accident on the Dausa–Manoharpur Highway in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.According to Dausa superintendent of police Sagar Rana, the victims were returning after offering prayers at the Khatu Shyam temple when the pick-up van…
DEHRADUN: Jolted by the disaster in Dharali on August 5, Uttarakhand govt has ordered an immediate halt to all construction activities in “disaster-prone areas”. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has now announced that any govt or private construction for residential or commercial activity “along natural water sources, rivers and streams in the state” would be…
KULLU: At least nine families have been forced to leave their homes in five Himachal Pradesh villages along Kiratpur-Manali highway, saying unscientific road widening by NHAI had made the land dangerously unstable.Most houses in Tanipari, Shala Nal, Jala Nal, Tanhul and Thalout in Balichowki subdivision developed cracks and agricultural land began sinking since the work…
KULLU: At least nine families have been forced to leave their homes in five Himachal Pradesh villages along Kiratpur-Manali highway, saying unscientific road widening by NHAI had made the land dangerously unstable.Most houses in Tanipari, Shala Nal, Jala Nal, Tanhul and Thalout in Balichowki subdivision developed cracks and agricultural land began sinking since the work…
CHENNAI: A 14-year-old girl brought to Madras high court Tuesday in a custody dispute jumped from the first-floor corridor moments after a bench ordered she be placed in a govt home.The teenager was produced before judges MS Ramesh and V Lakshminarayanan to state whether she wished to live with her mother or father, who are…
NEW DELHI: Overseas citizens of India (OCI) will be liable for cancellation of their OCI card if sentenced to a jail term of not less than two years or named in a chargesheet for an offence punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more, as per the latest changes notified by home ministry in Section…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan high court has backed a visually impaired MBBS student’s bid to resume her course, ruling that vision “need not only come from the eyes.”A single-judge bench Tuesday directed medical authorities to form an expert panel to assess the abilities of Ankita Singodia (23), who lost 100% vision in a 2017 car crash that…
H-1B visa trouble: A growing number of Indian professionals in the US on H-1B visas are facing an unexpected and alarming threat of deportation landing on their doorsteps before the official 60-day grace period even runs out. Laid off and staring down the barrel of a possible permanent US ban, many say it feels like…
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged “vote-chori” (vote theft) in 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, including Bengaluru Central, which he had previously flagged, news agency ANI reported. According to Congress sources, Gandhi told a meeting of senior party…
Recently, USICS has updated the policy on CSPA (Child Status Protection Act) age calculation triggering widespread concern among the Indian families on H-1B and other employment-based visas, as it could prevent their children from obtaining a green card. The new which will come into effect starting August 15, redefines how a child’s age is calculated…